Ferdinand heck



F. HECK. `APPARATUS FOR MAKING MULTIPLE BEADINGS 0N PIPES.

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APrAnATUs Eon; MAKING MULTIPLE EEADINGS oNrIPEs.

- Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed September 22, 1915.v Serial No. 52,132,

(GRATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS 0F THE ACT 0F MARGKHS, 1921, 41 STAT. Ii., 1313.)

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, FERDINAND HECK, a subject 'of the Kino' of; Prussia, residing atl 9 Reichswald-Allee, tBusseldorf-Rath, Prussia, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus-for Making Multiple Beadings on Pipes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of my invention, such as will enable others skilled'in the art to which it appertains to make and use the the same, Lreference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters or iiguresl of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specilication. v

My invention relates to' apparatus for making multiple headings on pipes.

Up to now the producing of headings on pipes and particularly Vmultiple 4beadingsy has been carried outby an upsetting process in such a way, that an axial pressure is exerted upon` the immovable pipe. For this' process suitable pressing tools, consisting of dies are used. During this process the matef rial oi' the pipe is subjected` to great stresses, and cracks in the material easily occur as well as an unequal distribution of material, which'v requires a good deal of supplementary work. Besides, the power required-'forthis process is very considerable, particularly with pipes of large diameters.'

My invention has for its object to replace the axial upsetting pressure by which the pipe is formed between suitably proled dies by a rolling process, during whichdouble or multiple headings are Yformed by pressing proled rollers against the end of the pipe. this pipe being kept in constant rotation.

In this beading-process the material of the pipe is considerably spared, and the translocations of material are much slower and unii'orm. By means of the prolled rollers the beadings also obtain at once the proper shape, thus saving supplementary work on lathes and cutting away unequal beading edges. Besides this process requires less power than the prior process.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure l is a side elevation, partially in section through amachine for carrying out my new process;

Fig. 2 is an elevation of a modified form of profile roll; and

Figs. 3 and are partial'sections through pipe ends to' which different' preparatory formsr have lbeen given. f

'The standard a is mounted on a slide al* longitudinally displaceable in a guideway a2 inthe base a3. The disk a is carried by a shaft journaled 'inthe standard a and driven from I belt `blthrough gearing by `On. they 'axial pressure Oras an vabutment tosliackles zfmade of several parts and clamped to the` pipe-end. Said shackles are movable on the pipe soth'atthe beading heigh'tmay be easily altered; when doing Sothe support a, isV moved* more or less Vtoward fthe tool, so that the necessary length of the pipe-end projects beyond theshackles. f Opposite the free pipe-end is 0n which rests a 'hydraulic cylinder with a plunger 7c guided by yrods Z. Fixed tothe frontend of the plunger/lc `is a core mandrel' m, the outside diametery of which corresponds to the inside Ldiameter of 4thepi'pe under operation.: On theycircumference of.` said core are rotatabley proled rollers n; in4 thevv example shown I have -indicated four rollers, but the number of these rollers may be varied. y

0 are counterweights for withdrawing the plunger le. Near the end of the pipe under operation are provided centrally displaceable watergas yburners p.

The rolling process is carried on asfol lows: v

`After having passed the pipe e through the opening in the support 'f and fastened it in the clutches d, the support a is fastened in any suitable way-as by means of a cam clamp a". The shackles h are then placed on the end of the pipe and the part of this pipe projecting beyond these shackles is heated. The plunger 7c is then pressed for.

ward so that the rollers fn contact with the end of the pipe. The disk 0 with the rpipe e is now set into rotation and the plunger la is kept under -constant pressure.

The end of the pipe projecting beyond the shackles then begins to bow outward and to finally adopt the shape of the double bead- A further support f with a support 11 ing shown in dotted lines, which is pressed and properly profiled by the rollers n.

When the rollingV process is terminated the presure exerted upon the plunger lf; is

relieved and theplunger is withdrawn by" the counterweights 0. The shackles 71, are then removed from the pipe and the support a is pushed back, so that the pipe can be .for pushing forward the core m with the proiled rollers n.l The core -andthe rollers could also be xed and the pipe with its gear be given an axial movement toward the rollers. j

In order to limit the external diameter oi' the beading, the rollers n may also project beyond this beading as shown in Fig. 2.

This process may also be applied when the ends of theppipe are subjected to a preliminary forming process, as shown in F ig. 8, which is to be recommended for greater thicknesses of pipes. c

Bell end pipes to which a preliminary prole has been given, as Fig. 4f shows, may

.L be provided at their end with one or several double beadings. f

While I prefer to'use for my process the construction shown, as being well adapted for the purpose of my invention, it is -evident that the details may be modified with-l out departing from the spirit of the invention. 1

Iclaim as my invention:

Y l. In apparatus for forming pipe ianges,

Y' Vmeans :for supporting and rotating a pipe, a

mandrel having a` diameter substantially corresponding to the internal diameter ofi the pipe and longitudinally displaceable lwith relation to the pipe, rolls carried by said mandrel beyond the end'of the pipe and bearing against the pipe end substantially at right angles to the axis of the pipe, abutment means surrounding the pipe, and means for` forcing said mandrel against the pipe end during its rotation to buckle the latter between said rolls and abutment to form a double-walled iange therein, substantially as described.

2. In a construction such as recited in claim l, rolls on the mandrel profiled to insure the formation of said flange in the pipe wall at a point spaced inward from the pipe end.

3. In a construction such as recited in claim l, abutment elements surrounding the pipe comprising a iiXed standard pierced to accommodate the pipe and having an antifriction bearing on one face thereof, together with a clamp abutment adjustable on the pipe and bearing, under the pressure of the mandrel, against the anti-friction member on the abutment standard.

,4. Apparatus for forming pipe flanges, comprising a longitudinally slidable standard, means thereon for supporting and rotating a pipe at one end thereof, a coperating standard Jfreely supporting the opposite end of the pipe, an abutment ring adjustable on the pipe and having a bearing against said standard, a mandrel entering the pipe end and profile rollers: carried thereby and bearing under axial pressure against the pipe end to buckle the wall of the latter and form the buckled portion into a liange. y

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

l FERDINAND HiECK. [Ls] Witnesses C. KATHAGEN, ALBERT NUFER. 

